Kornev is recommending Nc6 in Classical line, but I like new Pavlovic's approach with taking exd4.

Maybe you didn't mean this in the way I read it, but 7...ed in the Classical (whether with 9...c6 or 9...Nc6) is hardly new ...

By the way, speaking of the possibilities other than 6...e5 and 7...Nc6, I noticed that the latest Yearbook has an article on "Classical Variation 7...Re8." I would suppose that means after 6...c5 7. 0-0 -- such was advocated on a (German-language) Chessbase DVD recently.

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Re: King's Indian based Rep Book by A. Kornev 2016Reply #25 - 01/07/17 at 12:25:40

also his 6...c5 based solution against the Line (Lesser Averbakh 5.Be2,6.Be3) Sokolov used successfully twice against Jorden Van Foreest in their recent match deserves serious consideration.

Yeah, actually it was 3-0 for Sokolov with that line. The teenage Dutch champion, whose rating is almost the same as Sokolov's, played 6...e5 twice and then tried 6...Nc6. I wondered if there is some consensus against 6...c5 (an old main book move) these days.

Its weird, Van Foreest poses with the Kotronias book but never tests the recommendation in it. The consensus against 6...c5 is 7.e5 according to Simon Williams, but as usual things are never that simple in the KID.

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Re: King's Indian based Rep Book by A. Kornev 2016Reply #20 - 11/06/16 at 02:27:11

also his 6...c5 based solution against the Line (Lesser Averbakh 5.Be2,6.Be3) Sokolov used successfully twice against Jorden Van Foreest in their recent match deserves serious consideration.

Yeah, actually it was 3-0 for Sokolov with that line. The teenage Dutch champion, whose rating is almost the same as Sokolov's, played 6...e5 twice and then tried 6...Nc6. I wondered if there is some consensus against 6...c5 (an old main book move) these days.

I was planning to get the Kornev pair when the Pirctastic Book 1 comes out, but I feel in a bit of glutton having already Bologan's, Vigorito's and Kortronias's stuff

So do I really need this too?

Yes you need it, it's an excellent concise and up to date one stop resource for KID players. I don't fully trust the Panno against the Saemisch but it's nice to have options in the armory. His suggestions against 'minor' lines as Trump would say, are great, I particularly like his Recommendations against the Kramer (5.Nge2) and the old Seirawan Favorite (5.Bd3), also his 6...c5 based solution against the Line (Lesser Averbakh 5.Be2,6.Be3) Sokolov used successfully twice against Jorden Van Foreest in their recent match deserves serious consideration. This lesser Averbakh line may become more popular at club level in the future as it is GM Simon Williams recommendation against the KID in his latest DVD, Killer 1.d4 - Volume 2.

Lastly I will just like to add that the Kotronias Quality Chess KID books are also indispensable if you play this opening regularly and face strong booked up opposition.

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Re: King's Indian based Rep Book by A. Kornev 2016Reply #18 - 11/05/16 at 07:39:08

Btw, comparison with Kotronias´ monumental work is hardly possible given that Kornev has much much less pages available and therefore simply had to be more comprehensive.

True, no doubt about that. You cannot be called a serious KID player if you don't have Kotronias in your shells.

What i liked about Kornev is his general aproach. He is striving to maintain winning chances for Black in all lines, hence his repertoire choices. Also, his general aproach is practical, he bases his lines on the same ideas again and again (for example the ...h5 push in the Panno).

No, not much original stuff. If you want that try Kotronias. He has advanced the theory of the KID some years ahead. Kornev uses corr games as references (same did Kotronias) and in the few places he has to add something on his own he offers a short line (but some of those lines i analysed, they seem correct).

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Re: King's Indian based Rep Book by A. Kornev 2016Reply #17 - 11/01/16 at 19:11:34

Ι find the book excellent so far! I'd like a bit more explanations, a bit more text in general (like pointing out suggestions from other books as there is plenty of bibliography checked as we see at the start of the book) and i'd like a bit more enthousiasm from the author (it is the KID after all, right!) but this is just a personal view on how i want to read books. The content, as i said, seems excellent to me.

Does "excellent" refer to a great number and quality of his original analysis? Or you like the lines he selected? Paraphrising JEH, is there some new interesting stuff when you compare to other KID sources? Thank you in advance!

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Re: King's Indian based Rep Book by A. Kornev 2016Reply #16 - 11/01/16 at 19:06:24

Ι find the book excellent so far! I'd like a bit more explanations, a bit more text in general (like pointing out suggestions from other books as there is plenty of bibliography checked as we see at the start of the book) and i'd like a bit more enthousiasm from the author (it is the KID after all, right!) but this is just a personal view on how i want to read books. The content, as i said, seems excellent to me.

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Re: King's Indian based Rep Book by A. Kornev 2016Reply #13 - 09/27/16 at 14:04:50

It would still be nice if Kornev threw in a chapter on the 1.d4 d6 (or 1.d4 g6) move order somewhere, to make full use of the repertoire (to avoid the Tromp and gain extra options against the London and Torre).